Made my first steelheading trip of the season the other day. The weather was perfect, perfect for chasing steelhead that is. Mother nature threw clouds, wind, rain and cool and boy did it feel good to be in the midst of it. Since they had just dropped the water levels many folks came out of […]
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Our final day greeted us with overcast skies and no fog. Yippee. We headed out and found the birds and fish in the rips which were fueled into large standing waves by the stiff breeze. My little whaler isn’t the best in these situations so even though we got a small bass we moved off […]
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The drive to the coast was uneventful. When we got there we quickly launched the boat full of excitement. As soon as we hit the outside of the river our spirits sank as we were greeted by a wall of fog. Shit. We pulled onto the nearby flats and tried to stalk the flats but […]
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The next day found us on a different section of river. Without knowing what lay ahead we eagerly set off armed with a little bit of knowledge and a lot more questions. At the bottom of a large riffle the water deepened out and we found ourselves feeling the good vibes. Sure as shit we […]
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It all started as a lark. My buddy floated the idea of he and I headed out west for a fishing trip and my wife agreed that we should go. I feigned protest because I didn’t want to go fishing out west. Truth be told I had my own secret bucket list in my head […]
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Hearing of the early King run prompted an earlier than normal exploration trip to the SR. We saw a good number of kings running and I mean running up river. They were not holding and they were on a mission to get up stream. That being said we had a blast being on the water […]
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As Salmon and Steelhead season approaches and the Boga Grips come are strapped to your wading belts…please consider http://www.capmel.com/index.php/articles/catch-and-release/24-holding-big-fish-vertically-a-death-sentence capmel.com – Holding big fish vertically — A death sentence? www.capmel.com We’ve all done it — posing proudly for a photograph with that huge lunker held vertically by a Boga Grip. But have we ever considered […]
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Spring is special, at least for trout fisherman because it means the return of our beloved mayflies. Witnessing a major hatch on the river surprises many people who have never seen such an event. To think that mayflies in one form or another have been on earth for roughly 350 millions years blows my mind. […]
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